Elastic Hair Band with Adhesive and Non-Adhesive Properties

ABSTRACT

The invention is directed to an elastic hair band for managing a mane of hair. The elastic hair band includes an adhesive layer coated on a portion of a top side of the elastic hair band and on one end of the hair band, an adhesive layer coated on a portion of a bottom side of the elastic hair band and on an opposite end of the hair band, and an attachment strip adjacent with the adhesive layer on the bottom side that includes structured indicators formed on the attachment strip. A person using the elastic hair band to manage a mane of hair uses the attachment strip with indicators to determine the top side from the bottom side and apply the elastic hair band in a way so that the bottom side faces toward the mane of hair and wraps around the mane of hair and over the top side in such a way that the adhesive layers mate thereby banding the mane of hair.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of hair bands. Morespecifically, the invention relates to a hair band with elastic,adhesive, and non-adhesive properties.

BACKGROUND

Traditionally hair bands are used to place a person's long hair intowhat is called by most people a pony tail. These traditional hair bandsare usually made of an elastic band, similar to a rubber band, that canbe manipulated by the user to encompass and manage the person's mane ofhair. In all commercially available products, the hair band is anelastic loop wherein the user must loop the mane through an initial loopdefined by the hair band and then the user must create an additionalloop and redirect the hair back through the second loop. This, by some,may be considered overly cumbersome and time consuming.

As such, there is a need to provide a hair band that is easier and,therefore, more efficient to use.

SUMMARY

The objectives of the invention are achieved by an elastic hair band ofa predetermined length that has a top and bottom part with definedendpoints wherein along the surface portions of the top and bottom partare defined adhesive sections and a non-adhesive attachment strip withindicators. The attachment strip is used to provide the user withinformation to determine top and bottom parts so that hair band can beused to encompass a mane of hair and secure the mane using the adhesivesections in an efficient way.

In an embodiment of the invention, the elastic hair band can be furtherdefined by a first adhesive coating of a predetermined length that coatsa surface section of the top side of the elastic hair band and ispositioned a predetermined distance from a first endpoint and apredetermined distance from a second endpoint. The elastic hair band canbe further defined by a second adhesive coating of a predeterminedlength on a surface section of the bottom side and positioned apredetermined distance from the first endpoint and predetermineddistance from the second endpoint, wherein the length of the secondadhesive coating is less than the length of the first adhesive coating.The non-adhesive attachment strip of the hair band is of a predeterminedlength and adjacent with the second adhesive coating and extending apredetermined distance from the first endpoint. The indicators of theattachment strip may be defined formations within the elastic band thatprovide indicators to the person using the elastic band so to allow theuser to understand which end wraps around the other end, or stateddifferently which is the top and bottom side.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is different perspective views of the elastic hair band withadhesive and non-adhesive properties used by a person to manage a maneof hair.

FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the elastic hair band with adhesive andnon-adhesive properties.

FIG. 2B is a side view of the elastic hair band with adhesive andnon-adhesive properties.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, illustrated is an example of how a person can usethe elastic hair band to manage a mane of hair and the illustrationdiscloses multiple views of a person using the hair band and is denotedgenerally as 10. In this use case, a hair band 12 that has adhesive andnon-adhesive properties can be used by the person 10 to quickly andsimply wrap and manage an otherwise unruly mane of hair. In this usecase, the hair band 12 has a top and bottom side. On the top side is anadhesive adhesive portion. On the bottom side is an adhesive andnon-adhesive portion. The band 12 when used by the person is wrapped insuch a way so that the adhesive layer on the top side is directed awayfrom the mane of hair, or stated differently not in direct contact withthe mane of hair, and when the bottom surface comes in contact with thetop surface the adhesive portion of the bottom surface mates with theadhesive portion of the top surface in such a way that the person's maneof hair is not in contact with any portion of the bottom surface thatincludes an adhesive layer.

Referring now to FIG. 2A, illustrated is a perspective view of theelastic band and is denoted generally as 14. The elastic band 14includes a top side 16 and a bottom side 18. The top side 16 and bottomside 18 include a first and second endpoint 20,22. The elastic hair band14 further includes a first adhesive coating 24 of a predeterminedlength on a surface section of the top side 16. The first adhesivecoating 24 is positioned a predetermined distance from the firstendpoint 20 and a predetermined distance from the second endpoint 22.The elastic hair band further includes a second adhesive coating 26 of apredetermined length on a surface section of the bottom side 18. Thesecond adhesive coating 26 is positioned a predetermined distance fromthe first endpoint 20 and predetermined distance from the secondendpoint 22, wherein the length of the second adhesive coating 26 isless than the length of the first adhesive coating 24. The elastic band14 further includes a non-adhesive landing pad 28 having a predeterminedlength and adjacent with the second adhesive coating 26 and extending apredetermined distance from the second endpoint 22. The landing pad 28includes an indicator 30 for indicating a position on the band forprimarily managing use of the band, the length of the landing pad beingless than the length of the second adhesive coating. The primary purposeof the landing pad 28 and indicator 30 is to allow the person todistinguish the top and bottom side 16, 18 so that the elastic band 14can be properly used.

Referring now to FIG. 2B, illustrated is a side view of the elastic bandand is denoted generally as 40. The elastic band 40 as illustratedincludes top side 16 and bottom side 18. The elastic band 40 alsoincludes first and second end points 20, 22, first adhesive layer 24,second adhesive layer 26, and landing pad 28 with indicators 30. Elasticband 40 includes adhesive layer 24 that is facing away in the oppositedirection of adhesive layer 26 so that when the person applies theelastic band 40 the adhesive layer 24 is facing away from the hair andadhesive layer 26 is facing in the direction toward the person's hair.As such, when the bottom side 18 is wrapped around top side 16 theadhesive layer 26 is positioned within a space defined by adhesive layer24 and can be attached without sticking to the person's hair. The personwhen using the elastic band 40 can easily understand how to apply theelastic band 40 by the landing pad 28 and indicator 30. That is to say,the landing pad 28 with indicators provides an indication to the userthat bottom side 18 is to wrap around top side 16. The indicators 30 maybe ridges formed on the top surface of the landing pad.

Thus, while there have been shown and described and pointed outfundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferredembodiment thereof, it will be under stood that various omissions andsubstitutions and changes in the form and details of the devicesillustrated, and in their operation, may be made by those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, itis expressly intended that all combinations of those elements and/ormethod steps which perform substantially the same function insubstantially the same way to achieve the same results are within thescope of the invention. Substitutions of elements from one describedembodiment to another are also fully intended and contemplated. It isalso to be understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn toscale but that they are merely conceptual in nature. It is theintention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope ofthe claims appended hereto.

1. An elastic hair band having a first and second endpoint and a top andbottom side for placing around a mane of hair for bundling the mane ofhair wherein a portion of the bottom side surrounds and is facing themain, the hair band comprising: a first adhesive coating of apredetermined length on a surface section of the top side and positioneda predetermined distance from the first endpoint and a predetermineddistance from the second endpoint; a second adhesive coating of apredetermined length on a surface section of the bottom side andpositioned a predetermined distance from the first endpoint andpredetermined distance from the second endpoint, wherein the length ofthe second adhesive coating is less than the length of the firstadhesive coating; and a non-adhesive landing pad having a predeterminedlength and adjacent with the second adhesive coating and extending apredetermined distance from the first endpoint, the landing padincluding an indicator for indicating a position on the band forprimarily managing use of the band, the length of the landing pad beingless than the length of the second adhesive coating.
 2. The elastic hairband of claim 1 wherein the non-adhesive landing pad includes ridgesformed on the top surface of the landing pad.
 3. The elastic hair bandof claim 1 wherein the non-adhesive landing pad includes a rigid outerlayer formed on the top surface of the landing pad.